Mechanism for assembling and distributing type.



H. G. OSBORN.

MECHANISM FOR ASSEMBLING AND DISTRIBUTING TYPE.

APPLICATION IILIED IULYZH, 1907.

990,584. Patented Apr. 25, 1911/ I 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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MEGHANISM FOR ASSEMBLING AND DISTRIBUTING TYPE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 22, 190].

Patented Apr. 25, 19-11.

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H. G. OSBORN. MEcHANIsM FOR AssEIIBLI IG AND DISTRIBUTING TYPE. APPLICATION TILED JULY 22, 1907.

$990,584, v Patented Apr; 25, 1911.

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UN T STATES PATENT OFFICE. HENRY G. OSBORN, F CLEVELAND, tDHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAhT MULdIGRAPI-I COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A conronn'rron or onto.

MECHANISM son ASSEMBLING Ann DISTRIBUTING TYPE.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

Application filed July 22, 1907. SerialNo. 384,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. OsBoRN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Mechanism for Assembling and Distributing Type, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de transferred to the printing mechanism, and

afterthe matter is printed, the type re-trans ferred to holder, from which the present machinedistributes the type into the sup- The invcntion is capable of various cmbodilnents. It is shown herein as a small oflice machine using-type adapted to print in imitation of typewritten 1natter-the va rious characters of such type having all the same sized body.

The invention is hereinafter more fully describedand its essential characteristics set out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a vertical axial section thereof; Fig. 3 is a plan; Fig. 4c is ahorizontal section substantially on the lineH of Fig. 2-; Fig. 5 is a detail in sec tion on the line 5-5v of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a perspective of a type of the class which this particular embodiment carries.

The frame of my machine comprises abase plate 10, a top plate 11, and suitable connecting rods 12, of which three are shown, located between the base and top plate.

These rods may be secured by suitable screws passing through ears on the plates.

15. represents a vertical type-carrying drum, frame described. This drum is'built up of rails 16, secured to the periphery of spiders 17,. 18 and 19. These spiders are rigidly mounted one central shaft 20, which is journaled in bushingsgl and 22, set onto the top' which is rotatably mounted in the and bottom frame plates. A suitable thrust bearing is provided for the lower end of the shaft 20. This bearing is shown as a conically pointed screw 2e, which. is axially mountedin a depressed portion of the base plate, being adjustably locked by the jamnut 25. On the upper end of the shaft 20 is a hand wheel by which the drum may be turned to any position desired.

The rails 16, on the perlphery of the drum,

have overhanging edges, whereby they are adapted to confine type grooved in 'their sides, such type are shown individually in Fig. 6 and shown at 32 in Figs. 2 and 5. y

35- indicates a temporary type-holder adapted to contain the type to be distributed. This type holder is shown as a split tube, the edges of the tube adjacent to the split being adapted to enter the grooves of the type as shown in Fig. 5. This tube 35 is carried in a partially tubular socket 28, on the forward portion of the top plate 11. Similarly, a

split tube 36 for receiving the type being assembled is carried by a partially tubular socket 29 on the front side of the base plate 10. These split tubes may be held in place by their own elasticity in their respective sockets. v a

'With a structure as above described, it

will be seen that with type contained in'the tube 35, it is only necessary in distributing, to turn the drum by its hand wheel to bring the proper channel, provided by adjacent rails 16, into position, and transfer the type from the tube 35 into such channel. Similarly, in assembling, the drum is turned by the hand wheel to bring the proper channel to the front, and suitable transfer mecha; msm is operated toconvey the type from the bottom of the drum into the assembling tube 36. These transfer mechanisms will now be described. v

Slidabl-y mounted in a radial groove 40 on the underside of the top plate 11 is a.

sliding plate 41. This plate is of thesame v of the type and has an opening 42 formed thickness as the corresponding dimension of the proper shape'to receive the type. .This opening is. normally column of type in the carrier 35, so that the bottom type normall occupies the opening. A plate 43 belowt e opening. prevents the type from dropping out of the slide.

The slide is normal directly below a y in its outerm st position, and when shoved inward, the single .type contained in the opening 42, is carried over the upper end of the-typechannellocated beneath it, and accoroin'gly'drops into,

'5 that channel. 7

To assemble the type from the lower end of the drum into thefassemblingiatube 36,-1 provide an identical slide 51 mounted in a radial groove 50 in the upper face of the base plate 10. This slide has a t ,pe carrying opening 52 normally locate over the channel which leads to' the tube 36,;this channel being provided by the pair of plates 53 carried on the front; side of the base nel which is at the front, normally rests on pushed rearwardly,

the bottom type in the drum channel d'rops into the opening 52 -'and on the return'movement of this slide, f

into the column for this t Be is dropped 11 Each of the slides 41 held in its forward position by a spring 44, which is secured at one end to ,a stationa stop 45 and at the other to a pin 46 secured to the slide. A suitable pin 47 extending through a slot 48 'in' the slide limits the movement ofthe slide. A head or knob 49, is provided at the outer end of the slide, to receive the operators thumb or fin r, whereby the slide may,: be convenient y pushed rearwardl v y To enable the drum to and 51 is normally be properly lo- I provide first, an indicator assisting the operator in positioning the drum, and second, 'lOCklIIg devices to insure accurate position of the drum and to hold it in such position during the transfer of the type. These features .will now be described. The lperiphery of the hand wheel 30 is 'pr'efera indicating characters, corres type in the respective channe of the drum, ese indications being shown at in Fi 1. Cooperating withthe characters of this indicator is a pointer 61, carried by the top plate 11. This construction enables the operator to very easily position the drum with approximate accuracy; Y To insure absolute accuracy, and the holding of the'drum', I provide on the up face of the spider 17, and also on theflower 55 face of the s ider 19, a. ring 64 having in its periphery -shaped notches, one' for each.

ty e. channel; This ring may ad usted and held in position by'screws 65, passing through slotted openings 'in the ring. Cooperating with this rim is a lug 67, carried by the corresponding side '41 or 51, and having a Vshaped nose adapted to enter an ring. The drum. is brough 65pos1tion by the hand onding to the 45 is so nearly into 'wheel that whenever .that I have provided a case or assembled from it. cheapness of plate 10. The lowest type in the drum bhanshort grooved type, all having the same units in the ty example) and all erly positioned cooperating cated for eitherdistributing or assembling,

separate application hereinafter filed.

1y flattened and is provided with ,ing slides, whether each sli be accurately of the V-shaped notches of the a lug 67 enters the correspondingnotch of accurately positioning the drum. It will be seen from the above description, type case adaptedv to contain a supply of type, and have combined this with very simple mechanism by which type may be distributed into the Simplicity and construction are valuable attributes of my'machine. i

This machine as shown, is adapted for embodiment'in a small structure, which ma conveniently stand on a table,-the tube 36 overhanging the edge of the table and the hand wheel being conveniently placed for the operator sitting at the table.

' he machine is shown as perating with one of the body, such as used on the multigraph; If desired, however, the mechanismcan bearranged for carrying other. styles of tgy" If the type are, of difierent-thickness, 51

slides 41 and 51' may be made of a: number of superimposed thin plates; as'many' of them operating concurrently as there are e. Thus,"for example, the font of type as seven different units if body, there would beseven plates, one plate being used for the narrowest letter-(i, for" the plates being used for' the widest letter, W. With such construction, theslides and drum would carry propshoulders to bring into action the number of slides cor-- res onding to -the number of units in the body of'the type which the channel of the drum in active position is designed to carry. These features, may be covered in a Theresent invention is designed to cover'a rum with assembling and distribute is a unitary member or a multiple member. I'claim, r 1. The combination with an upright storage member adapted to hold type on their sides, a cooperating upright column type holder adapted to hold type on their sides, and a: transversely operating transfer slide coiiperating with the two and formed with an opening to allow the type to pass through it without being axially turned.

2. The combination with a storage member adapted to hold parallel rows of type on their sides, a coiiperating column type holder for type on their sides, and a radially movable transfer slide cooperating with the two and having an opening-adapted to hold a type on its side, the typepassing intoone sideof the slide and out of the other.

3. The combination with a storage member adaptedto carry a plurality of columns of type, and a pair of transferslides cooperating with the opposite ends of-the storage member, said slides being formed with openw ings to allow thet-ype topass through them.

4:. The .cqmbinatiomwith a storage 1nem-' ber, of a transfer member cooperating there- 5 with, and having an opening to receive a type, a'spring one posit1on,and a finger knob on said member for moving it.

5 .Thecombination of a stoiagemember 1oadapted to carry a. plurality of columnsof f type, a transfer slide at one endof said. member and a transfer slide at the other end of\said member, each of said slides having "flian open ng adapted to cotiperate with a V hannel of the storage member.

tijThecombination of an upright, channeled, member adapted to carry a lurality "columns of type, a transfer sli e at. the

eiatthe'lower end of said member, eaeh fsaidyslideshaving an opening adapted to with the channels of the storage of a rotary t'ypeholdassemblin type from the other end oftthe druin,an mwhanismforturning the drum a in either direction, as desired. 80 4 ing drum mounted on a vertical ax1s,mecha .nism for distributingi1 type into the upper end of the drum, mee an sm for assembling type, from the lower end of the drum, and a.

assembling mechanism carried by t 1e base plate, and lnde ndent finger means for operating each 0 said mechanisms. a 11. The combination, with two end plates, of a drum located between said plates and mountedon a shaft journaled into said plates, means for turnin said shaft in either direction, as desired an a distributing and assembling mechanism mounted on said plates respectively. y X 12. The combination of a/totp plate, a base 40 plate, a rotatable drum locate between said lates and mounted on a shaft joarnaled nto said plates, and a distributing slide and an assembling slide, respectively, andeach having an opening 05 adapted to receive a. type,

for holding said member in wperl end of said member and a transfer nadrum, mechanism for distr buting type an one. end of-the. drum, niechanismfor 8. Thecombination of'a rotary type hold mounted on said plates i '13. The combination of a base plate and a top 'plate,.a shaft journaled'in said plates, a

type carrying. drumrigidly inountedon said transfer slide carried by one of said plates.

14:. .The combination of a base late and a "top plate,

a vertical drum, rotate 1y mounted between said plates, a hand wheel beyond one of'said plates connected with said drum, and means carried by the to plate and base plate respectively for distri uting type 'into the drum or assembling type from 1t.

15. The'combination of a rotatable typeholding druln a hand wheel for rotating it, an indicator on the periphery of the hand Wheel a pointer cooperating With the indicator, and means for concurrentlylocking the drum and feeding type to or from it.

16. Thecombination of a base plate and a top plate, a verticaLtype-holding drain to tatably mounted between; them,j a hand a wheel for rotating said drum, an indicator on-the hand wheel, a pointer coiiperating with the indicator, and transfer mechanisms carried by the base plate and top plate respectively.

17. The combinationof a base plate and a top plate, a shaft journaled in said plates, a. "channeled drumri idly mounted on said shaft, the channels eing openat their ends as far as thedrum is concerned, but closed by said plates;a hand wheel on the far side ofone of said plates rigidly connected with said shaft, an indicator on the periphery of shaft, a hand wheel rigidly connected with said shaft beyond one-of said plates, and a the. hand wheel correspondingto the type top plate, ayert-ical shaft journaledin said plates, a rotary type-holding drum ri idly mounted on said shaft, ahand wheel a ove ers of the drum, a pointer carried by the top plate, a column typeholder. carried by the top plate, and atransfer slide carried by the top plate and, adapted to cooperate with said co 1 ty eholder and y 0 t" )luralit of p liilets 0n the drum.,

channels of the drum, anda pointer cotip- "crating with said indicator. I 4 8. The combination of a base plate and a 19; The combination with a rotary storage.

drum of a bolumn t pe holder with a transfer slide interpose between the two and having a type receiving opening adapted to Mine in one position with a channel of the drum and in another posit-ionwith the column't e holder. a

20. e combination with an upright r0- tary channeled drum of column type hold are, above and below the drum and elect from its channels, and traasferslides' intere posed between said type holders and drum, and each having a type receivin opening adapted to'aline m one position wgh a channel of the drum and in another position with the corresponding column type holder. 21.. The combination with a,type--holding storage drum, of another type holder out of alincment with the drum, and. a transfer slide having atype' receiving opening adapted to aline with both type-holders.

22. The combination, with a member adapted to hold a plurality of rows of type, of another member adapted to hold a row of type out of alinement with the rows in the member first mentioned, and a transfer ed to a the openings are out of alinement'with a of a vertical shaft device comprising a slide having an opening for a single type adapted to be brought into alinement with a row in either member.

23'. The combination, with a channeled storage member, of a type holder, a transfer slide interposed between the two, and havinga type receiving opening adapted to aline in one position with a channel of said mem= her and in another position with said t pe holder, a sp ring tending to hold said s 1dein one extreme position, and'a fingerltnob or head by'which the slide ma benioved to its other extreme position.

2axThe combination, witha rota'ry,ehanneled, upright stora e drum, of a column type holder, a transfer slide interposed between the two and havinga type receiving opening 'c adapted to aline in one position with the channel of the drum and in another position with the column type-holder, a

spring tending t0-h0ld said slide in one ex-.

treme position and a finger rknob or head by which the slide'may be moved to its other extreme position.

25. The combination, with the end plates, of a rotary drum journaled between them, and a pair of transfer slides radially mounted in the face of saidcend plates, adjacent to the ends of the drum, each of said slides having means for transferring type.

26. The combination, with top and bottom frame plates, of an upright rotary drum journaled between them, a pair of transfer slides radiallymounted in the face of said frame plates, adjacent to" the ends of the drum, each of said slides having an opening for transferring type.

27. The combination, bottom frame plates, of a rotary drum journaled between them, a pair of transfer slides radially mounted on the face of said frame plates, adjacent to the ends of the drum, each of said slides having an opening to receive t pe, and column type holders, adaptine with said openings at a time when with "the top and channel of the drum. i

28. The combination' of a base plate, a top plate and-distance rods connecting them, journaled 'in said plates, a hand wheel-on the=shaftabove the top plate, a drum: on thg -shaft between th bling type from the lower end of [rotatably mounted, with its end adjacent to plate, a drum rotatabl drum and radially mountecl'transfer slide, of

.the ring toaccnrately posit drum of a notched rin" "t plates, said drum having'type channels on its surface parallel withits axis, mechanism for distributing ty e into the up er end of said channels, and mechanism Orassemsajiphc'h nels. K 29. The combination *ofi'abase plate,-l op plate, a vertical shaft fjouriialedj in said plates, a hand wheelon shaft, top plate, a drum on the shafft'between,lthe plates, said drum having type on its surface parallel with its axis, a slide" ear- ,ried bythe top :plate fordistributing type into the upper end of said channels, and a slide carried by the base plate for assembling type from the lower end of said chan- 1181s. I V 4 30 The combination of ntfed ty e holding drum, a'notched r ng" riedlt ereby, another typeholdenia' trail slide adapted to carry type from one of" rch A holders to the other an l a shoulder "tried by said slide and adaptedtdcotip'rat with saidinotches'. j

3 1,. The combination of a plate, a; drum said, plate, a. transfer slide on the face of said plate, adjacent to the end of the drum a notched ring carried byfthe f dran i pear' sa1d slidit, and means carrl eil'iby lide ada ted to cooperate with:sucli"'notche's. I

- 32. The combination of a ase plate,,a;top l m aawwee said. plates, transfer slides pn' 'tlie" plates adjacent to the ends of the driini, notclhed rmgs carried by the drumnear sa1d slides, and means carried by the slides adapted to cooperate with such notches. 33. The combination, with a rotatable a notched ring carried by the; drnrifi lug carried by the slide and adaptejfl a beveledengagement with th H curately position and hold tli 34. The combination ofalr jitao e dram, a column type-holder, a trapsfers1de" having a recess cooperating with the drum and type holder, a notched ring? carried by the drum, and a lug carried by tie slide ;and adapted to make a beveled engagemenilz drum. p i 35. The combination? transfer slide cooperatiri with 't and means carried by, t l'is with the ring, 7 36. The combinafr v, of" a yp r er's located at difler'nt distances from an'laxis about which one of said c riersi is,m ovable, mechanism for bringin g'fon-"of said carriers .25 into the same radial planewith the other and locking it,there'in,'l"a niint'erposed radially moving -slidehaifn "get" on -its end. a y

37. The combination-"bf path between such members and having an said rows, and transfer mechanism adaptedopening ada ted to convey type from one of said mem ers to the other.

38. The combination of a channeled storage member formed with longitudinal rails to hold rows of grooved type, a cooperating type-holder out of alinement with any of to engage type released from one of said members and transfer .it. laterally to the other member without requiring removal from the machine.

39. The combination, with a rotary chanan o enin ada ted to aline in one osition P g P P of the sli with said type-holders and in another position of the slide with a channel 'of the drum.

40. The combination of a storage member having meansfor holding a plurality of rows of type, a 006 crating type-holder having means for hol ing a row of type, said type-holder and storage member having eir ends adjacent but out of alinement, and an intermediate transfer member extending CIOSSfWIlSG of said holder and storage mem ber and having an opening to receive the type, and embrace its opposite sides.

41. The combination of a storage member having means for holding a plurality of rows of type, a coiiperating type-holder having means for holding a row of type, said t pe-holder and storage member havin their ends adjacent but out of alinement, an

a transfer member; extending crosswise of said holder and storage member, having an opening to receive the type, said transfer member adjacent to the o ening having a thickness equal to the thiclin type. y

'42. The combination with-a ty e-holder having means to enter the groove 0 grooved type, a storage member having a pluralit of similarly act1ng-typeho1ders,the t pe-ho der first mentioned and those of t e storage: member being at different distances from a 'definitesline, and an intermediate transfer" slide havin an opening to embrace a single type, where y grooved type may beheld in the machine-and transferred from one member to the otherthough intermediately free from both without being released.

43. The combination" with a storage'member adapted to hold type, a .coiiperating column type holder, and a transfer slide operating between the two and having an ess of a single opening dimensioned to confine type therein and having a thickness equal to that of a single type.

4A. The combination of two type-holders out of alinement, an interposed slide having a thickness equal to the thickness of a single type, said slide having an opening adapted to convey a type, from one holder to the other, and a stop below the slide to prevent type falling through the opening.

' 45. The combination, with a type storage member, of a pair of slides cooperating with opposite ends thereof, each of said slides hav ing a thickness equalto that of a single type and having an opening formoving such type crosswise at the end of. the storage member.

46. The combination, with a temporary type-holder, of a rotary, type-holding channeled drum, and a slide operating between the two and having an opening adapted to aline with the temporary holder or with a channelof the drum, said slide being of a thickness equal to a single type.

47. The combination, with two type-hold. ers, of a slide for transferring type from one to the other, said slide ,havlng a thickness equal to asingle type and-haying an opening formed to confine type, and ainember below the slide which prevents suchtype falling through the opening.

48. The combination of a rotatable drum,

finger operating mechanism for distributing type into one end thereof, and finger operated mechanism for assembling type from the other end thereof, each, of said mechanisms-including a slide having an opening adapted to embrace a type; r 49. The combination of an upright rotatable drum, a hand wheel for rotating it, finger operated mechanism for distributing type intotheupper end thereof, and finger operated mechanism for assembling type from, the lower end thereof.

50. Thd combination of a storage drum,

hand means for rotating the same, a' finger operated distributing plunger at one end thereof, and a finger operated assembling plunger at the otherend thereof, each plun-..- ger having an opening adapted to embraces. type.

' 51. The combination of a stora adapted to carry a plurality ofeoliimns of;

type,a transfer slide adapted to cooperate with any of a plurality of such columns, and mounted on one end of said member, and a similar transfer slide at the otherend of said 1 member.

-'52. The combination with two upright type holders parallel'but out of alinement," of an interposed slide. movable transversely,

, an opening in said slide ada ted 'to entrain t pe, and meansb'lw the side and below t ,e uppermosttypdholder adaptedto-pre vent type therefrom 'dro ping through such opening,.whereby type In the g pper 10 finger actuated means.

54. The combination of a shaft, a drum .thereomfend plates for the drum in which theshaft'is journaled, distance rods connectling said" end. plates, a hand wheel on' the 16 shaft beyond one of the end plates, said drumhaving on its surface carriers for rows yoftyp'e parallel with its axis, and mechanism f for distributingtype into one end of such carriers, and mechanism for assembling type from the other end of. such carriers. 55. The combination with a font of type grooved on itsopposite sides, of aholder therefor comprising a drum with longitudinal rails on its *periphery, adjacent rails providing between them channels for hold-- ing the type, distributing mechanism at one en of such drum, assembling mechanism at 5-the other end,'and means for rotating the drum to present any desired channel to the distributing or assembling mechanism.

,. 56. .The combination w1th a font of type grooved on its opposite sides,' of a holder therefor comprising a drum with longitudir nal rails on its periphery, adjacent rails vid ing between them channels'for .holding the ,ty e',.distributing-mechanism at one end of Sue drum, assembling mechanism at the otherf'e d, said distributmg mechanism and 'fassemb ing yf'mech'anism each comprising a laterally ovable slide having anopen'ing, adapted t2 receive a type, said slideflbeing to be moved by theoperators finger un one direction and bya spring in the oppotefdirection to bring' the type into orout l-inement 'with the corre'sponding channel edrum. 57. "The combination ofh a rotary channeled rage memberadapt'edmohold rows of 5" 8, \cotiperatinfg-typeholder for an indi vi Viral row trans er mechanism 'adapted'to engage e released from one'of said meman \transfer it to the other member, and fdhlopking the rotary member at such 5B. The'xeombinaticu of, an upright rotav ble drum,a.eo1nmn ypeho1der,a transfer chanism cobiperating with the drum' and, ypeholdeniainotched ring carried by'the,

s egmnism andfiae pted to make a beveled sen ffgeinen wit e. rin'g {to acei1rate1y pon-and. ,hold the .,The'f30mbin &fiOli, with a rotary type e rfiember, of a. air ofmechanisms w h'nmigand "a "lug carried by 'the 'transfer of said Inechanisms being formed to hold a single type, and operating respectively tov transfer the same to or from a position beyond the end of said member.

60. The combination, with a rotary ,type storage member, of a pair of finger mechanisms cooperating with opposite ends thereof, each of said mechanisms'being formed to hold and transfer a single type, and a hand wheel for rotating the storage member.

61. The combination of a rotary typeliolding drum, provided with parallel rails for holding rows of grooved type, finger operated mechanism for distributing type into one, end of said drum, and independent finger operated mechanism forassembling type from the other end of it. x

62. The combination of a rotary typeholding drum, finger operated mechanism for distributing type into one end of it, independent finger operated mechanism for assembling type from the other end of it, and hand operated means for rotating the drum,

63. The combination of a rotary typeholding drum, finger operated mechanism for distributing type into one end of it, independent finger eperatedmechanism for assemblin type from the" other end of it, and means or automatically lockingthe drum when either finger mechanism is operated.

64. The combination of a railed structure: adapted to hold parallel rows of grooved type arranged about an axis,'means for tu'rning such structure about such axis, a removab e'holder for a single ,rowof type, and means ad'acent to one end of the railed structure or receiving the end of the removable holder in juxtaposition therewith;

65. The combination of a railed structure adapted to hold parallel rows of grooved type arranged about an axis, means forturning such structure about such axis, a removable holder fora single row oft pe, means adjacent to one end of the raile structure for receiving the end of the :iemov'abl holder in' juxtaposition therewith and mesh type-from "anism for causing the transfer of one of such holders tothe other.

66. The'combination of a railed structure "adapted to hold parallel rows of grocer-' type arranged about an axis, meansfor'turn in such structure about such axis, a removable holder for a single row of type, means adjacent to one end of the-railed structure for receiv' the end of the removable holder in juxtaposltion therewith and finger oper ated'mechanismfor trans ermng type from the' removable holder to the railed-structure.

hold asing e row of type. and a'gsthti onary 3 67..The3combi'nation of a rotatable'shaft 1 i guide for said tube adapted to engage it near the exit end and insure proper presentation to the railed structure, adjacent rails ant. the edges of the split tube being adapted to enter grooves formed in the opposite sides of each type.

68. The combination of a rotatable shaft,

mechanisms thereon formed to hold parallel overhanglng rails which may be moved by the rotation of said shaft, a temporary typeholder comprising a split tube formed to hold a single row of type, a stationary guide for said tube adapted to engage it near the exit end and insure proper presentation to the railed structure, adjacent rails and the edges of the split tube being adapted to enter grooves formed in the opposite sides of each type, and a laterally movable transfer slide having an opening to receive the type from the temporary holder and deliver it to the railed structure, said slide being adapted to engage the type as it leaves the temporary holder and retain its engagement until the type passes into the railed structure.

69. The combination with two typeholders, of an intermediate movable transfer slide provided with an opening transverse to the direction of movement of the slide, said opening being adapted to, engage a type as it leaves the grasp of one holder and retain such engagement until the type passes into the grasp of the other holder, the type intermediately being out of the grasp of both holders but in the grasp of the slide opening, and a finger key for operating said slide.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY G. OSBORN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BA'rns, J. B. HULL.

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